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.\"     Title: ALTER OPERATOR CLASS
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2011-12-01
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 9.1.2 Documentation
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.TH "ALTER OPERATOR CLASS" "7" "2011-12-01" "PostgreSQL 9.1.2" "PostgreSQL 9.1.2 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
ALTER_OPERATOR_CLASS \- change the definition of an operator class
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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ALTER OPERATOR CLASS \fIname\fR USING \fIindex_method\fR RENAME TO \fInew_name\fR
ALTER OPERATOR CLASS \fIname\fR USING \fIindex_method\fR OWNER TO \fInew_owner\fR
ALTER OPERATOR CLASS \fIname\fR USING \fIindex_method\fR SET SCHEMA \fInew_schema\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

ALTER OPERATOR CLASS
changes the definition of an operator class\&.
.PP
You must own the operator class to use
ALTER OPERATOR CLASS\&. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role, and that role must have
CREATE
privilege on the operator class\*(Aqs schema\&. (These restrictions enforce that altering the owner doesn\*(Aqt do anything you couldn\*(Aqt do by dropping and recreating the operator class\&. However, a superuser can alter ownership of any operator class anyway\&.)
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
The name (optionally schema\-qualified) of an existing operator class\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIindex_method\fR
.RS 4
The name of the index method this operator class is for\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_name\fR
.RS 4
The new name of the operator class\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_owner\fR
.RS 4
The new owner of the operator class\&.
.RE
.PP
\fInew_schema\fR
.RS 4
The new schema for the operator class\&.
.RE
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
There is no
ALTER OPERATOR CLASS
statement in the SQL standard\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
CREATE OPERATOR CLASS (\fBCREATE_OPERATOR_CLASS\fR(7)), DROP OPERATOR CLASS (\fBDROP_OPERATOR_CLASS\fR(7)), ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY (\fBALTER_OPERATOR_FAMILY\fR(7))
